FBI agents arrested a Michigan man on June 16 after he threatened a mass shooting at a synagogue in East Lansing, Michigan, according to federal court documents filed in the Western District of Michigan.
Seann Patrick Pietila, 19, was charged with “transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another,” U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced Friday in a news release.
FBI Special Agent Ryan Roskey said in the complaint that Pietila demonstrated through Instagram messages his neo-Nazi style ideology, antisemitic beliefs, suicidal ideologies, glorification of past mass shooters that have had similar ideologies, and intent to mimic their actions.
Prosecutors say he made apparent references to the New Zealand shooter, who is serving life in prison for killing 51 people and injuring 40 others in the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks….